- a person whose job is designing buildings
- The house was designed by architect Louis Kahn.
- She's a London-based architect and interior designer.
- In 1721 he was named chief architect of the cathedral.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- famous
- great
- leading
- …
- appoint
- commission
- employ
- …
- design something
- draw up plans (for something)
- create something
- …
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- a person who is responsible for planning or creating an idea, an event or a situation
- He was one of the principal architects of the revolution.
- Jones was the architect of the team's first goal.
- (computing) a person who designs or puts together a program or computer system
- We are looking for an IT data architect to work within our Systems Architecture team.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French architecte, from Italian architetto, via Latin from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + tektōn ‘builder’.
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